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School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)

Location:
Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 094

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  1. The Games I Play

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    There are many games played around this district and I take part in some of them myself:
    Wheelbarrow.
    Catch a boy by the legs and make him walk on his hands
    The three legged race:
    Tie yours and another boys leg together and run a race.
    Egg and spoon race:
    Put an egg on a spoon and see who will win the race.
    Sack race:
    Get into a sack and run as far as you can with other boys in sacks.
    Rounders:
    Get stones and put them a good distance away from each other, one boy to get a ball and another boy hit it with
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Lionárd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Louth